That *is* a bootstrapper. It's not what Burn does, but it's still a bootstrapper.
I think the original question doesn't make any sense. -- Nicolás 2013/10/9 Wesley Manning <[email protected]>: > Could also embed msi in a custom exe that calls the msi and closes? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Phil Wilson [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: October-09-13 12:45 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Exe output required without bootstrapper > > You wouldn't choose Windows Installer as an install engine if you want a pure > exe installer. That said, it depends why exactly an exe is a requirement. You > could use something like WinZip or IExpress to wrap the MSI file into an > executable that would run, extract the MSI and start it, but it's still an > MSI file setup and may or may not satisfy the requirement. > > > Phil Wilson > > > On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 2:55 AM, Blair Murri <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Currently in WiX 3.x only Windows Installer is supported as the >> underlying installation engine. There was a previous attempt to >> support ClickThrough but that effort was deferred to 4.x, as are any >> other other installation engine ideas that may be raised. >> >> There are other non-MSI systems out there, but none offer the >> robustness (nor, in many cases, the complexity) of Windows >> Installer/MSI. If you wish to have the advantages of MSI in the form >> of an EXE then you will need to bootstrap it. >> >> The WiX Burn bundle does offer several advantages over "raw MSI", so >> even if you aren't requiring a bootstrapper it may still be >> advantageous to use it. >> >> > Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2013 09:56:19 +0530 >> > From: [email protected] >> > To: [email protected] >> > Subject: [WiX-users] Exe output required without bootstrapper >> > >> > Hi Experts, >> > >> > I have a requirement to keep the installer as a single exe instead >> > of >> msi. >> > Is there a way other than creating a bootstrapper to get exe. As >> > there is no other/ additional action required from a bootstrapper. >> > I am looking of a simple soution like selecting to generate exe >> > instead >> of >> > msi in the compile command. >> > >> > Any help to simplify the solution will be of great help. >> > >> > Thanks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ October Webinars: Code for Performance Free Intel webinars can help you accelerate application performance. Explore tips for MPI, OpenMP, advanced profiling, and more. Get the most from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60134071&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
